PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dishabituation, Habituation, Psych
13 Jun 2016
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Development: gene- environment interaction across an individual"s lifespan. Evolution: gene-environment interaction across the evolutionary history of a species. Neuroscience: the study of the nervous system. Development: refer to the changes and continuities that occur with the individual between conception and death. How you change by the time and how you stay the same. Maturation: the biological-timed unfolding changes within the individual according to that the individual"s genetic plan: ex: a person is biological determined to grow tooth at certain age and die at certain age. Learning: relatively permanent changing in our thoughts, feelings, behaviors as the results of our experience: the acquisition of neuronal representations of new information. Interactionist perspective: maturation and learning interact during development. Dramatic change early in life and help to shape whom you are. To study infant"s behavior: habituation procedure: repeatedly present same stimuli and measure infant"s physically response, and when a novel stimuli is presented, the infant shows a burst response.
